Driver License Trouble

Tuesday

Sep 11, 2012 at 12:01 AM

When I went to renew my driver license, I thought that I had all of my papers in order so I would not have a problem. Wrong. The person at the Department of Motor Vehicles took one look at my birth certificate and told me that I could no longer use just my middle name. I was told that I had to get a new Social Security card before they would renew my driver license.

When I went to renew my driver license, I thought that I had all of my papers in order so I would not have a problem. Wrong. The person at the Department of Motor Vehicles took one look at my birth certificate and told me that I could no longer use just my middle name. I was told that I had to get a new Social Security card before they would renew my driver license.

Now, because of the new law, I had to change everything, and to use a name that I have never used in my life. I was forced to get not only a new Social Security card, but a new voter's registration as well and told to inform my bank. As it turned out, the bank just noted my present account and it did not affect all of the automatic debits taken out of my checking. It feels like my entire life has been turned upside down and I am a different person.

The whole point is that since I have used one name throughout my 77 years, I should have been allowed to use that name and not impose that situation on me. I understand the new law and the reasons behind it, but surely there should be some exceptions in it.

If you think so too, then I urge you to write to your congressmen and state representatives as well to see if there isn't something that could be done to rectify hurting people that way. It's too late for me but please let's see if we can't prevent this happening to other people in the future. There are quite a few of us who go by our middle given names.